Category Archives: Makeup Reviews

If you have anyone on your shopping list who is a beauty product junkie (like me), a few members of the Smashbox Be Legendary Lip Glosses ($24 each) may just be the perfect gift. Sure, the collection contains a few traditional reds, pinks, plums and neutrals: Knockout, a bright magenta; Legendary, a traditional red; Bordeaux, a plum; Read more »

I love Laura Mercier products. So when they recently asked me to review a collection of mini soft pink Lip Glacé hues ($50, amazon.com), I jumped at the chance. These glosses are designed to give your lips shimmer and shine. They can be worn alone or layered over another lip color. Shades: 4 Mini Lip Glace in Read more »

Once upon a time, in a Sephora far, far away (bear with me, that might not be accurate), there was moisturizer. Then, there was tinted moisturizer. And then, BB and CC cream were born. It seems it was only a matter of time before someone came up with tinted serum. And, lo and behold, Perricone Read more »

I often believe in life you get what you pay for, whether it’s with my time or my money. So imagine my surprise when the $7.99 L’Oréal Voluminous Butterfly Mascara turned out to be one of the best I’ve ever tried. Formulated with a waxy, water-soluble base and equipped with a long-bristled, finely-spaced bristle brush, L’Oréal Voluminous Read more »

One of my most vivid memories of summer vacation as a kid is of putting on Pre-Sun brand sunscreen at the beach. Granted, it was probably like SPF 4, since this would’ve been in the late 1970s, but at least my mom was trying. I remember the smell as well as the taste, which was, in Read more »

Believe it or not, there is a science to mascara. One of my favorite mascaras of all time, DiorShow Black Out Mascara ($25, FutureDerm.com) is a terrific mascara with two components backed by the best of cosmetic science: First, a large, rubbery, long-bristled brush, which maximizes each and every lash. Second, its water-soluble, waxy, smooth formulation binds Read more »